abc.net.auadded August 2026
ABC News Australiaby Aiden McNamara, Josh Brine, and Sandra Morello25 Aug 2026
In short: Portland residents are concerned by recent sightings of the well-known elephant seal "Sammy" lounging near dead birds.
ABC News Australiaby Matt Garrick25 Aug 2026
In short: Thomas Goertz and Jade Ormiston will face trial for attempting to pervert the course of justice by allegedly helping a fugitive drug trafficker try to flee Australia.
ABC News Australiaby Annabel Bowles25 Aug 2026
It was not soldiers marching down Kyiv's main street to mark 35 years of Ukrainian independence, but robots designed to take their place on the frontline.
ABC News Australiaby Hanan Dervisevic25 Aug 2026
The Trump administration has revived a proposal to charge employers seeking skilled foreign workers through the H-1B visa program more than $US100,000, according to a new filing from the Department...
ABC News Australiaby Lauren Pezet and Nicola Ceccato25 Aug 2026
In short: Politicians are being urged to get on with developing migration policies "for the good of the country" after the national debate flared again this week.
ABC News Australiaby Matt Garrick and Jack Hislop25 Aug 2026
In short: A former NT Young Australian of the Year has been named as Labor's candidate for the upcoming by-election in East Arnhem Land.
ABC News Australiaby Charmayne Allison and Tom Forbes25 Aug 2026
In short: Experts are calling for better safety measures at gyms as many move to a 24/7 model with unstaffed hours.
ABC News Australiaby Josh Duggan25 Aug 2026
In short: The Tasmanian government has awarded $61 million in external labour hire contracts without conducting any tender process as part of its health department digital transformation program.
ABC News Australiaby Luke Cooper25 Aug 2026
In short: The Australian Federal Police has declined to reveal its budget or operational expectations for an international taskforce in Colombia aimed at stemming drug flows across the Pacific.
ABC News Australia25 Aug 2026
In short: A driver and passenger were injured when an Adelaide Metro bus crashed into a concrete rail bridge pylon at Port Adelaide. Emergency crews were called to the scene just before 9am.
ABC News Australiaby Nicolas Perpitch25 Aug 2026
Prominent WA federal Liberal MP Andrew Hastie has intensified his criticism of state opposition leader Basil Zempilas's strategy for Saturday's Secret Harbour by-election, suggesting he was putting...
ABC News Australiaby Laura Fairlie; As Told25 Aug 2026
Laura Fairlie was 16 when she was told she would never be able to carry a child. She was having an ultrasound to investigate why, unlike her friends, she hadn't had her period.
ABC News Australiaby Christopher Testa25 Aug 2026
In short: Border Force caught the foreign boat on Friday near Little Adolphus Island, off the northern tip of Cape York.
ABC News Australiaby Laura Lavelle25 Aug 2026
In short: Queensland's Premier David Crisafulli has confirmed proposed breach bail, go to jail laws will carry a minimum mandatory sentence of 12 months behind bars.
ABC News Australiaby Niki Burnside25 Aug 2026
In short: The Australian National University (ANU) has apologised to an academic for failures of governance, after she accused senior leadership of bullying and harassment.
ABC News Australia24 Aug 2026
In short: Heavy rain across South Australia has broken August records in several spots. Telstra says services have been disrupted around Yorketown on lower Yorke Peninsula after heavy rain caused...
ABC News Australiaby Shannon Corvo24 Aug 2026
In short: Passengers are lining up for replacement buses after an overhead wiring issue caused train delays on Tuesday morning.
ABC News Australiaby Neve Brissenden24 Aug 2026
In short: The WA government is ecologically thinning native forests to address problems left behind after the banning of native logging.
ABC News Australiaby Michael Doyle24 Aug 2026
Oscar Piastri's "disappointing" end to the Dutch Grand Prix has left the Australian and his McLaren team searching for answers, while his teammate has roared back into the Formula 1 title picture.
ABC News Australiaby Brad Ryan24 Aug 2026
The US is threatening to target the economies of countries that cooperate with Iran as part of what it calls an "economic onslaught" against the Iranian regime.
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